Romney leads Obama by four

The Hill:
Mitt Romney leads President Obama by four percentage points in Gallup’s latest national head-to-head polling.
If the election were held today, 50 percent said they would support Romney versus 46 percent who would support Obama, according to Gallup. The president holds the edge on former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, 49 percent to 48.
The poll has a 4 percent margin of error, so the results mean Obama is statistically tied with both candidates.
 Still, the result is a positive sign for Romney, who hasn’t seen his standing against the president diminish even as Santorum has pulled ahead of Romney nationally. According to Gallup’s national daily tracking poll, Santorum has 35 percent of the support in the GOP primary, compared to 27 percent for Romney. 
Romney and Obama have been in a statistical dead heat since Gallup began conducting the poll, but Santorum has posted significant gains against the president after his surprising three-state caucus sweeps earlier this month in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri.
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This is a registered voter poll and not a likely voter poll.  It probably understates Romney's lead.  It also suggest that the kerfuffle over contraception did not have much effect.

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